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80
And if their world revolves around them and their paranoia, it’s because they’ve constructed it to do just that. Like the art of the insane, every possible space is covered in scrawl and cymbals: guitars, percussion, electronic squall, subhuman screaming, Ross Robinson’s production ensuring the music lets no light in, that you can never quite see round the edges.
10y
80
In many ways it’s still the basic Slipknot formula that has been presented before but interestingly has the inclusion of darker themes and more aggressive/violent/dark lyrical context combined with a slightly more mature writing style which in turn lifts the quality of the album.
8mo
80
With Iowa, Slipknot go to the head of the slag heap, the new kings of extreme. They may wear clown masks, but they're no bozos.
80
Slipknot make one hell of a racket, an abrasive amalgam of death metal blastbeats and bestial grunting.
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1y
75
So after all is said and done and the hype has settled we are left with a very good release from an exceptional band. ‘Iowa’ is everything that could be expected from the band and a whole handful more. Prepare for the explosion all over again.
10y
70
Things reach such a fever pitch on this album that you can't help but laugh at times.
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1y
60
Though not quite as commercially viable as the more straightforward Slipknot album, Iowa is a more interesting listen, one that envelopes you in its American Gothic shadow and leaves you feeling unsettled afterward.
10y
43
It’s an almost unrelentingly brutal disc that, like so much of the nü metal, often seems like a parody of itself. Slipknot’s shtick is to posit themselves as the most violent, depraved, angst-ridden young malcontents on the block — the sickest of the sick.
20
Their actual sound is so far down their list of priorities that there is little point in them making records. Slipknot are on a mission to shock: in fairness, they succeed admirably, if only in being shockingly dull. Their percussive thrash metal half-heartedly evokes Sepultura at their most upset with Slayer's adrenaline rush.
PEOPLE EQUAL SHIT!!! PEOPLE EQUAL SHIT!!! PEOPLE EQUAL SHIT!!! PEOPLE EQUAL SHIT!!!
Talk about heavy and dark, because holy fucking shit! Man, when I first heard this album, it absolutely blew my mind. It was so original and fresh to me, yet also nostalgic and recognizable for me at the same time. Why’s that? Well, just like many other metal albums and bands, my parents and other family played their music hugely. Especially this album, and “Slipknot”, the group’s ... read more
Wow ladies and gentlemen, we did it. I gave a second nu metal album a positive score. I can now have my metalhead title revokes and be drawn and quartered like the loser I am.
This old slipknot was so good with all the yelling. Though the last track did NOT need to be there…
If this is nu-metal, it's the best nu-metal album next to Deftones' White Pony. If this isn't nu-metal, then this is just really fucking good death metal.
they need to chill for a second so that the music actually hits, many slipknot songs are fundamentally flawed in this way imo
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Track List
| 1 | (515) 0:59 | 71 |
| 2 | People = Shit 3:35 | 94 |
| 3 | Disasterpiece 5:08 | 93 |
| 4 | My Plague 3:39 | 89 |
| 5 | Everything Ends 4:13 | 87 |
| 6 | The Heretic Anthem 4:13 | 91 |
| 7 | Gently 4:53 | 86 |
| 8 | Left Behind 4:00 | 90 |
| 9 | The Shape 3:37 | 86 |
| 10 | I Am Hated 2:37 | 81 |
| 11 | Skin Ticket 6:40 | 86 |
| 12 | New Abortion 3:36 | 82 |
| 13 | Metabolic 3:59 | 85 |
| 14 | Iowa 15:02 | 86 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 6 minutes
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1w
man the (515) background is kinda heartbreaking. Never knew about the reason of the intros existence but i guess it really makes sense now
Added on: April 14, 2013